Allison Leigh Tsao, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Attending Cardiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Medicine
Contact information
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Biomedical Engineering/ Materials Science & Engineering)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2011.
Permanent linkBS (Biomedical Engineering/ Materials Science & Engineering)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2011.
Selected Publications
Das TM, Alshawabkeh L, Haeffele C, Tsao AL, Vaikunth S.: “Can We Clip It?”: A Review of TEER in the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Population. http://www.acc.org. October 2025 Notes: https://www.acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2025/10/20/11/41/Can-We-Clip-It.Freddo AM, Mondal A, Tomlinson AZ, Eron M, Denduluri S, Farkas I, Partington S, Ruckdeschel E, Tsao AL, Mavroudis CD, Nuri M, Fuller S, Kim YY, Vaikunth S.: Comparison of Arrhythmia Prevalence and Incidence in Adult Patients with Lateral Tunnel and Extra-Cardiac Fontan Circulation. Pediatr Cardiol August 2025.
Freddo AM, Eron M, Mondal A, Tomlinson AZ, Denduluri S, Partington S, Ruckdeschel E, Tsao AL, Mavroudis CD, Nuri M, Fuller S, Ortega-Legaspi JM, Kim YY, Vaikunth S.: Cardiac Medication Prescription Pattern and Association With Transplant-free Survival in the Adult Fontan Population. JACC Advances 4(9), Aug 2025.
Tsao AL, Colello S, Gillespie MJ: Transcatheter Repair of a Sinus Venosus Defect With a Modified Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Prosthesis. JACC Case Rep 30(9), May 2025.
Tsao AL, Shapeton AD: Requiem for Routine Self-Expanding TAVR Valves? A Commentary on the Comparative Analysis of Evolut PRO Versus Sapien Ultra Valves for Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Registry (OPERA-TAVI). J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 37(6): 849-851, Jun 2023.
Tsao AL, Boden WE: Chronic Total Occlusion PCI and Optimal Medical Therapy: Are We Still Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 16(3): e009604, Mar 2023.
Kazmi MA, Spitzmueller C, Yu J, Madera JM, Tsao AS, Dawson JF, Pavlidis I.: Search committee diversity and applicant pool representation of women and underrepresented minorities: A quasi-experimental field study. J Appl Psychol 107(8): 1414-1427, Aug 2022.
Aguilar M, Tsao AL, Croce KJ, Sauer W, Morrow DA, Tedrow UB: Percutaneous right ventricular assist device-supported ventricular tachycardia ablation in a patient with severe right ventricular dysfunction. HeartRhythm Case Rep 6(2): 72-76, Feb 2022.
Ganzer PD, Loeian MS, Roof SR, Teng B, Lin L, Friedenberg DA, Baumgart IW, Meyers EC, Chun KS, Rich A, Tsao AL, Muir WW, Weber DJ, Hamlin RL.: Dynamic detection and reversal of myocardial ischemia using an artificially intelligent bioelectronic medicine. Sci Adv 8(1): eabj5473, Jan 2022.
Tsao AL, Sperati CJ.: Cystic Kidneys in a Patient with Craniofacial Abnormalities. Kidney360 1(8): 882-883, Aug 2020.